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| Subspecies jerdoni, photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 75
Found in forest and wooded areas. 14 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally in lowlands up to mid hills.
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TICKELL'S BLUE FLYCATCHER
SRI LANKA 75
Found in forest and wooded areas. 14 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally in lowlands up to mid hills.
COPPERSMITH BARBET
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| Subspecies indica, photographed March 2017 |
(* 827) COPPERSMITH BARBET Megalaima haemacephala
SRI LANKA 74
Found in forest and open wooded country. 17 cm. Fairly common from dry lowlands up to drier mid hills; and local in wet zone including up to mid hills.
YELLOW-FRONTED BARBET
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| Photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 73
Found in forests, and well-wooded gardens; prefers dense forest. 21 cm. Endemic, fairly common locally from wet lowlands up to mid hills; rather uncommon in drier areas of eastern foothills and in higher hills.
BARRED BUTTONQUAIL
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| Subspecies leggei, photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 72
Found in grasslands, scrubland, paddy fields and tea plantations. 15 cm. Fairly common breeding resident from lowlands to mid hills, more common in dry zone.
BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATER
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| Subspecies javanicus, photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 71
Found in open areas and forests. 23-26 cm. Fairly common winter migrants throughout Sri Lanka, also small flocks breed in eastern dry lowlands.
EMERALD DOVE
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| Subspecies robinsoni, photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 70
Found in forests and well wooded areas. 27 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka, up to highest hills.
BROWN WOOD OWL
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| Subspecies ochrogenys, photographed March 2017 |
1072 BROWN WOOD OWL Strix leptogrammica
SRI LANKA 69
Found in forests and well wooded areas. 47-53 cm. Uncommon breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.
CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER
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| Subspecies leschenaulti, photographed March 2017 |
(* 839) CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER Merops leschenaulti
SRI LANKA 68
Found in forests, thinly wooded areas and open country with trees. 18-20 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally from lowlands to mid hills.
Found in forests, thinly wooded areas and open country with trees. 18-20 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident locally from lowlands to mid hills.
GREAT EGRET
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| Subspecies modestus, photographed March 2017 |
(* 214) GREAT EGRET Casmerodius albus
SRI LANKA 67
Found on the margins of lagoons, tanks, paddy fields and marshes. 65-72 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in lowlands, and occasionally ascends to hills.
STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER
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| Subspecies capensis, photographed March 2017 |
(* 916) STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER Pelargopsis capensis
SRI LANKA 66
Found on forested banks of rivers and streams, lakes and paddy fields adjoining wooded areas. 38 cm. Uncommon breeding resident from lowlands up to lower hills.
GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE
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| Photographed March 2017 |
(* 932) GREY-HEADED FISH EAGLE Icthyophaga icthyaetus
SRI LANKA 65
Found on wooded edges of rivers, tanks and lakes. 69-74 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands and occasionally in adjoining wet zone areas.
LITTLE GREBE
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| Subspecies albescens, hotographed March 2017 |
1071 LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis
SRI LANKA 64
Found on tanks, lakes and marshes. 25-29 cm. Rather common breeding resident in lowlands, and rare breeding resident in high hills.
GREY HERON
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| Subspecies cinerea, photographed March 2017 |
(* 370) GREY HERON Ardea cinerea
SRI LANKA 63
Found in coastal lagoons, marshes, estuaries and tanks. 90-98 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands, rare in wet lowlands, and occasional visitor to the high hills.
COMMON SNIPE
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| Subspecies gallinago, photographed March 2017 |
(* 894) COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago
SRI LANKA 62
Found in marshes, wet paddy fields and vegetation at tank edges. 25-27 cm. Fairly rare but regular winter visitor to the lowlands.
LITTLE SWIFT
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| Subspecies singalensis, photographed March 2017 |
1242 LITTLE SWIFT Apus affinis
SRI LANKA 61
Often found near large rocky outcrops. 15 cm. Fairly common breeding resident rather locally from from lowlands up to high hills.
COMMON GREENSHANK
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| Photographed March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 60
Found in almost all types of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Rather common winter migrant to the lowlands, more in dry zone.
BLACK-WINGED STILT
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| Subspecies himantopus, photographed March 2017 |
(* 22) BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus
SRI LANKA 59
Found on freshwater and brackish shallow waters in marshes, lagoons and tanks. 35-40 cm. Fairly common breeding resident in dry lowlands; a few birds breed in wet lowlands, large numbers of winter migrants occur in lowlands.
WOOLLY-NECKED STORK
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| Subspecies episcopes, photographed March 2017 |
(* 383) WOOLLY-NECKED STORK Ciconia episcopus
SRI LANKA 58
Found in marshes, tank edges, water holes and paddy fields, usually in pairs or small groups. 75-92 cm. Uncommon breeding resident in dry lowlands.
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